About block 901,730
Bitcoin block 901,730 was mined by AntPool on June 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 901,729. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,238 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 901,730 is number 579 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,437 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,270 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 73,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.